Columbia students claim Greek mythology needs a trigger warning – The Washington Post

  The Rape of Proserpina, 1636-1638. Artist: Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640) (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images) “Not far from the walls of Enna, there is a deep pool,” begins Ovid’s version of the rape of Persephone. “While [Persephone] was playing in this glade, and gathering violets or radiant lilies, while with girlish fondness she filled the…

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Classical Mythology Too Triggering for Columbia Students – Hit & Run : Reason.com

Int3gr4/Wikimedia CommonsIn Columbia University’s student newspaper, four members of the school’s student Multicultural Affairs Advisory Board call on professors to be more sensitive when teaching provocative or controversial material… such as the Roman classical poet Ovid. Ovid is best known for The Metamorphoses, a 15-book narrative poem that covers more than 250 mythological stories. Written entirely…

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U-Va. dean sues Rolling Stone for ‘false’ portrayal in retracted rape story – The Washington Post

This image is included in a $7.5 million defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone. U-Va. associate dean Nicole Eramo argues that an image from the Cavalier Daily student newspaper (left) was turned into an illustration in Rolling Stone (right) that portrayed her as villainous. The original image was of her speaking to U-Va. students in a…

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The best way to nab your dream job out of college? Be born rich – Quartz

The American dream of equal opportunity, based on the conviction that intelligence, hard work and character are the keys to success, may be on life support. These days children raised at the top or bottom fifths of the income pyramid tend to stay there, even as adults. Higher education is considered a major contributor to economic…

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Columbia University sued by male student in ‘Carry that Weight’ rape case – The Washington Post

Emma Sulkowicz, a senior visual arts student at Columbia University, carries a mattress on campus Sept. 5, 2014, in New York City. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images) Last fall, Columbia University senior Emma Sulkowicz began carrying a mattress around campus — a protest, she said, of how the school handled her sexual assault complaint against a fellow student….

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[ I honestly can’t tell if this is serious or not. ] Five Charts That Show You Should Apply to Law School This Year – Bloomberg Business

The last few years have been an unmitigated disaster for American law schools, which is excellent news for anyone with even the vaguest interest in getting a legal education. Sure, the job market for new lawyers hasn’t exactly been peachy. Yes, the U.S. has too many law schools, given how uninterested Americans are in law school. And…

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Mississippi Cops Are Using College Kids As Drug Informants – BuzzFeed News

I’m fucked, Andy remembered thinking. The agents told him they had photos, and videos too. He wasn’t sure how this could’ve happened. He’d grown up in Oxford, Mississippi, and only bought weed from friends. Yet the agents were telling him they’d caught him making three purchases for a total of 12.3 grams, enough to send…

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The Student Debt Strike Movement Is Finally Getting the Attention It Deserves

A small rebellion against the American higher education system is gaining steam. On Tuesday, a group of strikers and organizers who call themselves “the Corinthian 100” met with officials from the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Department of Education and the Department of Treasury to demand that their federal student loans be forgiven. The…

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